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S. M. CLARK.

Reservoir Cook-Stove.

No. 84,343; Patented Nov. 24, 1868.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER, WASNINGTON. D C.

SARAH M. CLARK, or BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 84,343, dated November 24, 1868.

. RESERVOIR COOK-STOVE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern p.

Be it known that I, SARAH M. CLARK, of Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference i-being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of th1s specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of my improved stove, parts being broken away to show the construction.

Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of cooking-stoves, so as to make them more convenient and efi'ective in use; and

It consists in the arrangement, with reference to the stove, of the rotating top, the deep hearth, the waterreservoir, and heating-closet or oven, as will he hereinafter more Iully described.

A is the body of the stove, the top frame, B, of which is made with a large circular opening through its middle part. I

The frame B is made with an upwa-rdly-projecting flange all aroundthe said circular opening, upon which flange the circular-top G rests.

0 is the top of the stove, which is made circular in form, rests upon the upper edge of the circular flange of the top frame B, and is made with a downwardlyprojecting flange, which fits around the flange of the top frame B, and has teeth or cogs, D, formed in its lower edge, into which mesh the teeth of the small gear-wheel E, the shaft, F, of which is pivoted to the body A of the stove, and has a crank, Gr, attached to its outer end, so that by operating the said crank, the circular top plate 0 may he revolved, bringing any desired part'of said top directly over the tire-box H. Any desired number of boiler-holes may be formed in the top plate 0, according to the size of the stove. The upper surface of the top plate 0 is made smooth, space being obtained for the bottoms of the boilers to pass through by increasing the space between the top plate of the stove and the top of the oven, if necessary. The revolving circular top 0 is pivoted to the body A of the stove by the pivoting-post I, the lower end of which is securely attached to the body A of the stove.

The pivot I is made large, to give a stable bearing to the top of the store, through the centre of which the upper end of said pivot passes, as shown in Figure 3.

J is a water-reservoir, .placed upon the rear part of the top frame B of the stove, and the forward side of which is concaved, as shown in fig. 2, so that it may not interfere with the revolution of the top, G, or with the movement of the boilers or kettles placed upon said revolving top, and carried around with it.

K is the stove-pipe, the lower sectiouor length of which passes down through the middle part of the reservoir J, so-as to utilize the heat that would otherwise escape through said pipe into the chimney;

L is a closet or receptacle, attached to the rear part of the stove, beneath the reservoir J, for the reception of dishes or other articles to be warmed, or for the reception of articles to be kept hot after being cooked M is the stove-hearth, which extends along both sides of the store, at the ends of the fire-box, and the-ashbox or cavity N of which is made deeper than usual, so that the hearth maybe conveniently used for broiling or even for other cooking-purposes.

For convenience in doing this, the slide of the hearth is made with two boiler-holes, as shown in fig. 2.

The cavity or ash-box N is made with two or more draught-openings in its forward side, closed with dampers, as shown infig. 1, to obtain a draught through said cavity, when required. a 4

I am aware that the devices herein described are not of themselvesnew; and I am also aware that some of them have been heretofore combined with a stove I therefore do'not claim them singly, nor in combination; but having thus described my invention,

1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement, with reference to the stove A, of the flanged top frame B, rotating top C, whose upper surface is a plane, the stove-hearth M, extending along both sides of the stove-body, at both ends of the firebox, the concave-convex reservoir J, and the oven L, as herein described, for the purposespecified.

SARAH M, CLARK. Witnesses:

L. D. LIVERMORE, A. Mosnrnn. 

